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Bradley Creek Trail & Riverside via Yellow Gap Road is a 12.6-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 995 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,277 – 3,120 ft12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road 35.38334, -82.71496
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC

Directions

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Bradley Creek Trail & Riverside via Yellow Gap Road

12.6 mi · ▲ 995 ft · 4 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,278–3,122 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road · 35.38334, -82.71496

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 69° · precip 19% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading SE.
  2. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading SE.
  3. 3.1 miContinue straight onto Riverside, heading SE.
  4. 1 miReach Bradley Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miContinue straight onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 3.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Gap Road, heading W.
  7. 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

66% dirt34% gravel

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 85°F69°
Precip19%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 0.4″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65° 2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 10% rain4 PM: 15% rain5 PM: 19% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 3% rain9 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 89°71°
Sun 88°65° 61%
Mon 71°63° 40%
Tue 78°57°
Wed 83°59°
Thu 86°62°

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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